Latinoware is one of the leading free software events in the world and should bring together around 5,000 participants, including experts, professionals and students. In 2017 during the Conference, about 240 activities were promoted, totaling more than 350 hours of lectures, mini-courses, workshops and round tables. This year, the program includes news for all audiences, from beginners to experts. There are several topics that will be addressed during the conference, such as: Security (during the IV edition of LatinSec), Development Frameworks, ARM Platform, Wearable computing, Arduino, Parallella, Raspberry PI and Galileo, Augmented Reality, Mobility, Georeferencing, Business with Free Technologies, Network Monitoring, Cloud, Virtualization, Automation, Education, 3D printing, Free Robotics, and Operating Systems.

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